Peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheter-related peritonitis from Aureobasidium pullulans caused by poor caregiver's hand hygiene

Dialysis Effluent from Patients with Peritoneal Dialysis-Related Peritonitis

5 Yu-Tzu Chang, Hsuan-Chen Wang, Ming-Cheng Wang, An-Bang Wu, Junne-Ming Sung, 6 a H. Sunny Sun, Ih-Jen Su, Wei-Chih Kan, Chih-Chiang Chien, Jyh-Chang Hwang, 7 Hsien-Yi Wang, Chin-Chung Tseng,* Chi-Jung Wu,* 8 9 Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital and Medical 10 College, Tainan, Taiwan; National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, 11 National H...

Peritoneal dialysis-associated peritonitis caused by Dermabacter hominis.

Dermabacter hominis was the cause of a peritoneal dialysis-associated peritonitis. D. hominis was identified by phenotypic criteria and by sequencing the 16S rRNA gene. Clinical cure was achieved with cefuroxime treatment despite the isolate's reduced susceptibility to this drug (MIC, 12 mg/liter) on in vitro testing. The successful treatment was probably due to the high concentrations attained...

Opportunistic infection of the spleen caused by Aureobasidium pullulans.

The mold Aureobasidium pullulans was isolated on several nutrient media from a splenic abscess in a patient with disseminated lymphoma. Examination of stained smears and paraffin sections revealed fungal structures characteristic of this organism. This is the first reported association of A. pullulans with an opportunistic visceral infection.

Treatment of peritoneal dialysis related peritonitis.

Early Onset Peritoneal Dialysis-Related Peritonitis

Peritonitis is a serious and common complication of peritoneal dialysis (PD), representing the commonest cause of technique failure and a not infrequent cause of patient death. Early onset peritonitis, variously defined in the literature as peritonitis occurring within the first 3-20 months of PD, is increasingly being recognised as a discrete and important clinical problem with appreciably hei...